The Wakefield Way is about developing inspirational learning environments which celebrate and nurture the distinctive learning needs of boys and girls. It’s about encouraging each individual student to look outwards as well as inwards as they become remarkable people with the desire to make a difference in the world. It’s about building confidence, Inspiring hearts and minds and instilling an empowering sense of purpose. But most of all, it’s about providing an imaginative foundation for life, learning and lasting achievement.

We’re different in so many ways. Here are just some of them.

  • We celebrate the distinctive learning needs of boys and girls across our family of five schools.
  • We support our communities and take Wakefield to the world via the arts, travel and sport.
  • We give students a happy start in life and equip them for the life they want to start
  • We grow confidence by optimising capability, building self-esteem, nurturing talent and inspiring individuality.
  • We encourage excellence in every area of achievement, not just the academic
  • We help students to explore their talents and prepare them for the future they see for themselves.
  • We ensure every pupil has every opportunity to follow in the footsteps of our famous alumni and be everything they want to be.
  • We open minds and open doors to life’s possibilities through our modern culture, imaginative curriculum and exciting extra-curricular activities.